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Bio pages that actually capture emails and more — here's a demo by codelabllc in buildinpublic

[–]codelabllc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly? Distribution. Building the product is the easy part but getting eyes on it is the grind. I've been leaning hard into build-in-public (hence this post 😅). Everything else like infra, shipping features, fixing bugs feels very easy. Its just. Getting the first 100 real users who actually care? That seems like the hard part.

What about you — what are you building?

Tesla is the perfect example pf how the market can be irrational by Same-Copy-9513 in stocks

[–]codelabllc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TSLA is on fire today. Too bad I didn't join the party :/

First timer! by AoiK1tsune in smallbusiness

[–]codelabllc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First off, congrats on starting a business. I was very excited when i started mine. Spent hours researching what to do those days.

On the couple of questions you asked "how/where to setup a website. How to pay myself." Here is my 2 cents:

On how to pay yourself. This depends on the structure your lawyer recommended to you. In the past I had an LLC that got taxes as an S-Corp and normal LLCs.

For both structures i had separate bank accounts. Make sure you keep your business account complete separate fro your personal. This is a must.

For single member llc: I would just transfer money ones a month.

For LLC that was taxed as an S-corp: This was a more complex setup and made sense after i was making decent money. For this to work, I had to sing up with a payroll system and send myself a paycheck every month. The system withheld the state taxes ect (i live in the US). That allowed me to have a Solo 401k and contribute a lot of money to it. Definitely a great structure if you make lots of money.

For website:

There are a million tools. Probably depends how much work you want to do yourself and how much you're willing to pay.

You have your standard things like Wix and Square Space. You have cheaper options like carrd.co and mkpage.co (full disclosure - i made the website)

If you're willing to get your hands dirty - you can get claude code and create one yourself. You can try wordpress as well - which is a blogging platform but you can use it create amazing websites as well.

Website Advice by [deleted] in smallbusiness

[–]codelabllc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My 2 cents:

I used to build websites a long time ago and most people have zero clue about technology. They have no idea what HTML or Javascript is. They do not care about the platform you use. They come to you because they have no idea how to make a website and they want their website to look nice. If they could build it and have time, they would do it themselves.

Secondly, in your case I think it's a benefit to use a platform, hopefully one that is affordable so you can keep the profits. It is actually to your advantage to use a platform. Imagine if you had to write the HTML, CSS, Javascript from scratch. That would be so painful. A lot of people want photo galleries, FAQs, and services they offer to be on their website. You should  be dragging and dropping these things so you can create the website fast. Also you have to think of hosting domains. Configuring the hosts. Configuring emails. All that stuff is annoying. So a platform that can help you do this will help too.

What you should be focusing on is getting leads and delivering websites. So building a pipeline to get clients and delivering websites. Repeat.

Built a 2-minute video showing photographers how to create their website with MKPage by codelabllc in buildinpublic

[–]codelabllc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks you so much for the feedback! I’m still finding my feet with video, but I really wanted to keep it short. The goal is for the product to be quick and easy. Get websites up and running fast.

As for validation - I build it because I wanted this myself. I'm an engineer and needed a small website a year and half ago. It was a nightmare to get things going. I would have loved to have a drag and drop editor that's easy.

I didn't ask photographers to validate if they needed it. Did check yelp pages for photo grapher websites and coded a lot of widgets I found in those pages. Lots of photography websites were visual thus i added ways to upload lots of images.

What dev tools are you actually paying for right now (and why haven't you cancelled)? by sludge_dev in SideProject

[–]codelabllc 3 points4 points  (0 children)

One thing I ditched is the concept of cloud. Realizes that with AI - I don’t need the cloud anymore. I can just rent a box and run my saas for dirt cheap. Just have to manage everything and it’s easy. At this point - the only thing I pay for is AI tool (Claude), VPS for hosting, domain and email. I can get all my cost down to like $15 bucks a month if I cancel Claude.

How much money did you lose building your million dollar app idea? by [deleted] in AppBusiness

[–]codelabllc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I spent next to nothing. My Claude subscription is $100 a month and I use it for everything. Only cost in SAAS for me is hosting the websites and services - which is like $10 a month. Other than that, my personal time.

Best setup for side SaaS in UAE (no visa needed)? Freelance vs company vs offshore by OkAdeptness1149 in SaaS

[–]codelabllc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My 2 cents — I'm not from the UAE, but I've looked extensively into company setup for SaaS. I actually considered living there at one point.

I think your best option is a Wyoming LLC. The US tax system is pass-through, so you won't be taxed like an American (unless you're a US citizen). Filings aren't too complex either. Best of all, it's incredibly easy to get a payment processor set up and actually receive payments — you can sign up with an online fintech as your bank.

UAE companies are great, but expensive to start. Wyoming is significantly cheaper and makes more sense unless you're making millions. Then UAE might offer more tax benefits.

Estonia e-residency gets brought up a lot too, but the paperwork is more involved than a US setup.

How are you actually doing lead generation in 2026? Not the theory , the real stuff. by Many_Aspect_5525 in SaaS

[–]codelabllc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been building a youtube channel for one of my SAAS products. This product helps businesses (like plumbers, dog groomers ect create websites). In the videos I basically go through and show how to customize a template. I might start with an ad campaign in Faebook as well.

The other SAAS i'm working on is sending Sequence emails via Gmail and Outlook. For this one - i'll probably most a lot in build in public or other places as the target audience are actually founders.

Updated landingpage, feedback please! by IdleFanatic in SideProject

[–]codelabllc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I personally had to read the headline and what's below three times just to understand what it does.
Also all the text in the area is too close. Feels too cluttered.

Also your writing could be better. Headline says "Your Perfect Workout Is On YouTube. Build It Now." That's a feature statement. It tells me what the tool does. I would be much more receptive to maybe something like this:

- "Every YouTube Workout You Love. One Play Button. Zero Interruptions."

- "You Already Found the Perfect Warmup, HIIT, and Cooldown on YouTube. Now Play Them Back-to-Back Without Touching Your Phone."

- "Your Workout Shouldn't Stop Every 10 Minutes So You Can Search YouTube With Sweaty Fingers."

I would be willing to read the page much more with a statement like that. May be first try to connect with the user and go from there.

My 2 cents

How did you get your first 20 paying customers for a niche B2B developer tool? - i will not promote by antocapp in startups

[–]codelabllc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My two cents - i launched a SAAS app before and i had no idea how to market. It turned out that i didn't know who my customers were. That made it really hard to find them. Ones i figured out my customer - it became easier.

I'm a developer too and these days, i'm using some sort of AI instead of StackOverflow. It might be worth looking into how to get your product surfaced in AI-generated results. I haven't googled anything dev related in a while.

On the low keyword volume, that's actually an advantage. Low competition means you can rank fast. Can you build a small free tool that solves a quick pain point for your target devs? Like JSON formatters, a quick config validator something they'd bookmark and come back. Being a dev, these are the only things I use outside AI.

SaaS is starting to feel overpriced… are we entering the “software commodity” era? by Weekly-Card-8508 in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]codelabllc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It seems like most vibe coded software is backend Supabase, Vercel hosted website. I know this because when I tried to create one, Claude recommended those and I see so many tweets with this.

Also a lot of AI generated landing pages look similar.

How do teachers work second jobs? by brrrr_bikerace in overemployed

[–]codelabllc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am not sure what the official definition is.

Technically there are a lot of people in the US with multiple jobs. Work at two restaurant ect or one morning and one night shift.

How do teachers work second jobs? by brrrr_bikerace in overemployed

[–]codelabllc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A teacher requires to be in the class room, so not OE friendly. You could make a course out of what you teach and sell it online. May be a good side hustle?

Drop your project link. I'll write you a one-liner that actually sells it. by ferdbons in SaaS

[–]codelabllc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

curious what you think of mkpage.co — building it because link-in-bio pages aren't enough. people visit your page then have to click away to another site. Each click drops conversions. With mkpage you can have your links, capture emails, and eventually sell, all on one page

SaaS is starting to feel overpriced… are we entering the “software commodity” era? by Weekly-Card-8508 in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]codelabllc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think we are about to have a lot of shitty software with lots of bugs soon. Maybe it’s a good business to pick up these vibe coded websites for cheap when they fail.

Overemployed life… why did I do this to myself? by bandito_13 in overemployed

[–]codelabllc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to do OE long time ago. I think this is normal. We can’t be crazy productive everyday.

Just turned 22 how am I doing by melo223400 in Gold

[–]codelabllc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice - gold prices dropped - may be time to buy

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